UIL+No+Pass,+No+Play+Policy

The UIL Policy "[|No Pass, No Play]" was established by the 68th Texas Legislature in 1984 through House Bill 72, which became the Educational Opportunity Act signed by Governor Mark White.

Under "No Pass, No Play" Texas students must be passing all courses in order to be allowed to participate in extracurricular activities.

An activities is considered extracurricular if:
 * it is competitive;
 * it is held with another extracurricular activity;
 * the general public is invited;
 * there is an admission price charged at the door.

A passing grade is minimum grade of 70, but there are exceptions to the passing courses rule for state-approved advanced classes.

Eligibility is determined by grades at the end of the six weeks grading period. If a student is failing any course at the six week period then the student is ineligible to participate. The student may improve his or her grade to regain eligibility to participate in extracurricular activities over the course of 15 school days. A student regains eligibility if he or she is passing at the end of the 3 week period.

(This information was found on the UIL Academic Eligibility Basics page, and more specific information about advanced courses and the definition of the grading period may be found there.)

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